Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 13, 2011

The already overburdened technology team had no bandwidth and the CFO would not accept changing priorities of other efforts. Ultimately, I was called into the CFO’s office and asked for my resignation. I should have resigned the moment the CFO insisted on the project. I was shocked by the expectation.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 22, 2025

Enter the fractional CFO—a powerful, modern solution that’s transforming the way that organizations approach strategy, leadership, and long-term success. Understanding the Role: What Is a Fractional CFO? A fractional CFO (Chief Financial Officer) is a senior financial executive who works with a business on a part-time or project basis.

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 5, 2011

During dinner with the CFO [.]. A preferred future stands on an un-preferred present. Dissatisfaction is easy, optimism is necessary. Seeing the light dimly: Things come together at the strangest times.

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CEO Insider

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

License and Republishing: The views expressed in this article The CFO tech pivot: embracing the right solutions to steer the course are those of the author Anant Kale alone and not the CEOWORLD magazine.

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Rich Gee Group

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

New Management, New Directions Ive seen it time and time again: a new CEO, new CFO, or a fresh board of directors steps in, and suddenly, everything you thought you knew about the company gets upended. The minute you embrace change and start innovating is the minute you outpace the competition.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 17, 2014

I had the opportunity to sit with Lewis Booth , former CFO of Ford Motor Company, who along with the senior executive team, led the successful turnaround and global repositioning of Ford.

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Modern Servant Leader

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

My CFO just fired the 4th person he hired, within a year of hiring them. It was 2006. Now, his entire team had turned over 3 times in as many years. Yet, the executive team felt he was getting positive results. In fact, on paper, he was. The organization was stronger than ever, from a fiscal perspective.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

Then prepare to be surprised: Your CEO, CFO, and COO may very well give different answers. So, when thinking about your employees and talent strategies, that’s where you must start: at the top. Ask each person on your executive team what the vision is for your company. When your executives have different visions, you have a problem.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 24, 2025

One such agency, the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO), focuses on permanent emigrants. Managing the departure In partnership with the CFO, researchers at the University of Innsbruck recently studied the effects of these pre-departure programs, particularly for Filipinos moving to the United States.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 22, 2013

He was clearly a high potential early on and was tapped by his CFO to create and lead the new internal audit group for a public company. One day the CFO asked him to attend a board meeting so that he could answer any questions that might arise regarding the internal audit group.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 9, 2021

Or as former CFO of the Disney Interactive Media Group, Bruce Gordon, puts it, “Very few people are bad at their job, but many are not as good as they must be.”. They need to have a “forward radar,” says the former CEO of Aetna, Ron Williams. We debate like we’re right, listen like we’re wrong, and then decide, commit, and lead together.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 13, 2011

Elevate it to the same level as the CFO. And you should “review people as thoroughly and regularly as you review operations, business performance, strategy, and budgets.”. A business partnership with human resources. The HR function will only be as strong as the CEO wants it to be. Continuous learning and improvement.

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Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 20, 2012

During the financial earnings call, CEO Gary Kelly , CFO Laura Wright and Executive VP Robert (Bob) E. Southwest Airlines ( LUV ) announced the 39th consecutive year of profitability yesterday. The company has been a role model of servant leadership since its founding by Herb Kelleher (and others). Improved Results by Acquired AirTran.

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CEO Insider

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

License and Republishing: The views expressed in this article CEOs Bring in Big Bucks, Even More When a CFO is Hired after Them are those of the author John Heater alone and not the CEOWORLD magazine. New research in the INFORMS journal Management Science finds CEO compensation climbs […].

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

If we observe an organization in the transformation process as an airplane flight: The CEO is the pilot, COO/CFO & other executives are co-pilots, and the Chief Transformation Officer is the air traffic control in charge of the safe, orderly, and expeditious flight.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

As one anonymous Fortune 500 CEO shared: My CFO started well. In many organizations, individual team members—or the entire executive team—may stagnate in their development and gradually deteriorate in their performance. Over the first two years, he accomplished a lot to put the company on a stronger financial footing.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 23, 2020

Crisis Management: The Overlooked Leadership Skill (CFO) 9. Leadership in a crisis: Responding to the coronavirus outbreak and future challenges (McKinsey) 7. MY CRISIS LEADERSHIP PLAYBOOK (Executive coach Scott Eblin) 8. Leadership During Crisis Navigating Complexity and Uncertainty (Corporate Learning Network) 10.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 5, 2018

This is a group that consists of the CEO, the CFO, and the CHRO (Chief Human Resources Officer). The relationship between the CFO and CHRO is vital. The success of the G3 is up to the CEO, but the CFO and the CHRO “must be star performers who can learn from each other’s language and dive into each other’s business.”.

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Women on Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

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Tony Mayo

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Years ago, while I was establishing myself in a new executive coaching practice, I supported my family by working as a part-time, outsourced CFO. Here is a reminiscence of a deep learning I earned during one of those accounting gigs. I sought help from my own coach with the very difficult [.].

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Understanding the Role of a Chief Revenue Officer The Chief Revenue Officer is a key member of the executive team, collaborating closely with the CEO, CFO, and COO to steer the organization’s overall growth strategy.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 25, 2022

The CFO candidate might get by with only a broad sector experience in manufacturing, finance, or technology. The new CxO will be tasked to define and craft strategy, make investment proposals, and defend them, so they have depth in the related sector and a brain the size of an elephant.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 16, 2024

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 22, 2018

As Craig’s CFO and CAO, I always appreciated this leadership style. Build great teams In the early dark days as CFO of Footlocker, we had a struggling company that was deeply in debt. Be an engaged listener As a young executive and newly appointed CFO, I was fortunate to work for Jim Hageman.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 24, 2020

Joel Peterson has been around the block serving as a leader in various roles—CEO, CFO, founder, investor, entrepreneur—and is currently the chairman of JetBlue Airways and a professor at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. It is a mindset that is even more critical in today’s unstable world and is the sine qua non of crisis leadership.

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Women on Business

AUGUST 15, 2012

Laura has 13 + years experience with Palo Alto Software (Eugene OR) in multiple roles including sales, customer service, customer support, and assistant to CFO. In the first three months alone she generated more than 4,000 tweets, attracted 500 followers, and reached a Klout score of 41, which is about 85th percentile.

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Tony Mayo

AUGUST 24, 2014

Tips for CFOs to survive the transition to value Give up clinging to the illusion of certainty, said executive coach Tony Mayo. However, once you move from being a bookkeeper to being a CFO, you are dealing with the future […]. Accounting is a black and white world and as such attracts people who like certainty.

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HR Digest

JULY 8, 2022

The one thing that will majorly influence the fate of CFO aspirants is their tech skills. According to a Gartner survey of 173 CFOs in November 2020, digital investments topped CFO agendas. Being comfortable with data, technology, and cross-disciplinary collaboration was crucial to the success of CFO candidates.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 6, 2010

A CEO asked me to coach his potential successor, the CFO. It didn't take long before I just felt that the CEO just didn't like the CFO. I brought it to his attention: "I just don't think you like the CFO." However, the CEO now concluded that the CFO lacked the "adequate marketing skills." The CFO was understandably upset.

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CEO Insider

AUGUST 16, 2023

Vaibhav Taneja, aged 45, from India, will be taking on the role of Tesla’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in addition to his current position as Chief Accounting Officer.

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Women on Business

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Here are some of Henna’s five steps women can take to get a corporate board seat: “Get some Non-Profit Board experience – According to Carol Tomei, CFO of the Home Depot, who sits on the Boards of UPS and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, non-profit boards are an excellent way to start getting Board experience.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Staying on-task during the holiday season is a challenge across the professional universe and no one is immune, whether you’re a CEO, CFO or president, account exec, receptionist or intern, work at home or commute. They’re all enjoyable distractions, but I’ll be the first to admit, the juggle takes a toll on the job.

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Leading with Trust

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Connect with John ) If You Water it, It Grows: Cash Flow Management for Small Businesses , by Jon Verbeck Recently, I spoke with a small group of business owners about my 4 Pillars for Small Business framework (explained more in my free booklet, Be Your Own CFO), and we homed in on cash flow.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 9, 2017

He has observed in many companies that a C-suite team represents a balance of types , for instance, an introverted CEO who chooses an extroverted CFO to bring strengths to the table that he or she doesn’t have. “On On the senior leadership team, you need thoughtful analysis and you need passion and excitement,” adds Moore.

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CEO Insider

AUGUST 24, 2020

He was following in the footsteps of a larger-than-life personality and, as the former CFO, Andrew had very different qualities. Andrew had just taken over as CEO for a major organization. Thoughtful, quiet and considerate, he was renowned for his savvy business reputation.

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